Chapter 276: Teleportation Array

What appeared before Xu Chen and the other two was not the familiar Mortal World.

Instead, it was a patch of incomparably chaotic Void.

Broken boulders and ruined walls floated everywhere, as if a massive city had been shattered and discarded into the pitch-black Void.

In the center of the ruined city debris, there was something like an Altar, a thousand zhang in diameter, floating in a tilted state.

It was primitive and aged, with even a few areas of damage, and its surface was covered in a crisscrossing network of strange lines and Ancient Runes.

Around the Altar, several circles of dark red stone pillars stood densely; some were nearly destroyed, but others still had faint red Ancient Rune light flickering in the gloom.

This was a Teleportation Array.

Xu Chen saw the purpose of this Altar at a single glance.

Because it was almost identical to what he had seen in that abandoned Gu Cheng Di Gong back then, only more than ten times larger in scale.

"Where is the exit?"

The expressions of the three changed drastically at the same time, and Wang Daolin could not help but let out a heart-wrenching roar.

"Roar~"

Almost at the same moment the three appeared in this chaotic Void, two extremely tyrannical auras followed one after another from behind.

A giant python over a hundred zhang in size and a variegated tiger twenty zhang in size charged into this patch of Void one after the other.

"Xu Chen, I told you this method wouldn't work; this is a dead end!"

Wang Daolin let out a terrified cry, took to the air, transformed into a stream of light, and headed toward the Altar, which looked like the best place to land.

"Senior, the Altar is a Teleportation Array; you must not let the two Demon Beasts charge up and destroy it!" Xu Chen did not have time to explain and instead roared at True Monarch Guiling.

"Fine, I will block these two Demon Beasts; Daoist Friend Xu, think of a way to activate the Teleportation Array as quickly as possible!"

True Monarch Guiling turned around, instantly released a Primordial Spirit manifestation over a hundred zhang tall, raised his hand to condense a phantom precious sword flickering with green thunder, and swung it toward the giant python leading the charge.

A thin ray of green light and thunder flashed through the chaotic Void like lightning, and all the ruined walls and rubble along the way were sliced in two by the sword.

The giant python hissed and rolled, suddenly releasing a light interwoven with red and white from its body, while simultaneously opening its mouth to spray a plume of scorching white mist at the sword light.

"Boom~"

The sword light and the light mist collided, instantly erupting into a violent explosion and shockwave; the entire Void was like a calm lake into which a giant boulder had been thrown, and the terrifying aura stirred up swept out in all directions.

A large number of ruined walls and the massive Altar, which had been floating for countless years without any movement, shook violently under this powerful impact, booming and grinding against each other incessantly.

Xu Chen knew the situation was critical, so he dared not delay for a moment; almost the instant True Monarch Guiling made his move, he had already followed Wang Daolin's figure and landed on the Altar.

However, before he could even clearly see the state of the Teleportation Array, a violent tremor followed; the massive Altar was suddenly pushed outward, knocking away a large amount of nearby floating architecture, and the huge Altar suddenly swayed and tilted even more like a capsizing ship, appearing to continue sinking into the pitch-black Void.

Xu Chen released his Protective Origin Qi to fix himself firmly onto the Altar, while simultaneously releasing his Divine Sense to take in the state of the entire Altar and examine it carefully in his Sea of Consciousness.

He could now confirm that this was indeed a Teleportation Array.

But he did not know how to operate this kind of Teleportation Array.

Back when he, Tu Jiu, and the Tu Jiu Lao Wuzhu entered the Di Gong in the abandoned Ancient City, they did not know how to get out either, but only left the Di Gong after passing through the Xu Kong Duan Ya.

And judging by this hidden entrance outside and the remaining ruins, if he guessed correctly, the situation here should be the same as the Di Gong back then—just a simple passage to the outside world; to leave Minghuang, one would need to think of another way.

But he could be certain for now that this Teleportation Array was definitely connected to the Mortal World, and the reason True Monarch Guiling, Wang Daolin, and the owners of those Magic Treasures found in the Demon Beast lair came here must have a lot to do with this Teleportation Array.

It could even be said that everyone who fell in from the Yelang Ancient Kingdom owed it to this Teleportation Array.

However, he was not proficient in Arrays to begin with, and he was even more clueless about Teleportation Arrays.

Because in the Array inheritance of the Yuqing Hall, there was simply no information on the structure or construction of Teleportation Arrays; there were only occasional, fragmented records, but they were all vague, mostly just text and image information of ancient Arrays collected by cultivators while exploring outside, mentioning things related to Teleportation Arrays.

At this moment, True Monarch Guiling was already locked in an inseparable battle with the two tyrannical Demon Beasts.

These two Demon Beasts were clearly more powerful than the previous leopard Demon Beast; they were actually able to release Demon Soul phantoms to participate in the battle, and they were at least at the strength of a Fifth-Rank Primordial Spirit-exiting Great Cultivator.

Although True Monarch Guiling was not at a disadvantage for the moment while fighting two, he had only just recovered part of his strength and was severely lacking in Spirit Qi; such high-intensity confrontation consumed Spirit Qi very quickly, and it would soon be exhausted.

Therefore, after a moment of research, Xu Chen felt he had no clue and could only plan to give up temporarily and turn to help True Monarch Guiling deal with the two Demon Beasts.

His own strength was severely insufficient, but by using the spatial interference of the Nether Beast skull, he could still reduce some pressure for True Monarch Guiling; as long as he could barely hold off one Demon Beast for a moment and True Monarch Guiling could kill one, the situation would be reversed.

However, just as Xu Chen was about to leave the Altar, Wang Daolin, who had been hiding in the stone pillar at the edge of the Altar, suddenly shouted via voice transmission: "Daoist Friend Xu, are you certain this is a Teleportation Array?"

Xu Chen originally did not want to answer, but he still replied irritably via voice transmission: "This is indeed a Teleportation Array built by the ancient human race; there can be no mistake."

Wang Daolin immediately transmitted back: "I once saw some descriptions of Teleportation Arrays at my sect; all Teleportation Arrays do not rely on Spirit Stones or Divine Sense to drive them, but rely on the Array to absorb energy from the outside world to maintain the stability of the passage, and at the same time, they must use a special kind of crystal called a Space Stone to activate. This Teleportation Array looks like it can still be used, but we must find the Space Stone!"

Xu Chen was stunned and overjoyed; a Shell Light opened behind him, and he flashed to Wang Daolin's side, asking urgently: "Does Daoist Friend Wang know what a Space Stone looks like?"

Wang Daolin hugged a massive stone pillar and shook his head with a bitter face: "This is also my first time seeing a real Teleportation Array; what I just said was only from some ancient records of my sect. I have never seen a Space Stone, let alone know what it looks like. It is said that in the Shenzhou region, this thing simply does not exist. However, Teleportation Arrays utilize powerful spatial rules, so I suspect the Space Stone must be a material with spatial attributes similar to those used to manufacture a Storage Bracelet, only of a higher grade..."

"Right, Daoist Friend Xu, look at these stone pillars!"

Wang Daolin suddenly pointed at the dark red stone pillar he was hugging and said loudly.

Xu Chen hurried over and saw that at the position Wang Daolin was pointing to, there was a fist-sized diamond-shaped notch, and many of these stone pillars, which were several zhang apart, seemed to have such notches; some even had a stone embedded in the notch, though most of these stones were already shattered, and only one seemed to be intact.

"Is this a Space Stone?"

Xu Chen's Divine Sense swept over the dozens of stone pillars nearby like lightning, and upon discovering this stone with a faint trace of pale green, he could not help but exclaim, while simultaneously raising his hand to grab a dark blue prismatic crystal from his Storage Bracelet.

"This is...?" Wang Daolin was filled with disbelief.

Xu Chen said: "If I haven't guessed wrong, this blue crystal is the Space Stone."

Wang Daolin stared at the stone in Xu Chen's hand as if he had seen a ghost, stuttering: "You, where did you get this?"

Xu Chen said: "Deep in the Minghuang."

Wang Daolin:...

He was now shocked, happy, and full of longing; he really wanted to take a trip to the so-called deep Minghuang that Xu Chen spoke of.

Because not only was there a large amount of Divine Blood Paste there, there must also be Blood God Grass, and even Space Stones that did not exist in the Mortal World at all.

Any one of these things, if taken out, would be enough to shock the entire Shenzhou Xianjie.

Xu Chen ignored Wang Daolin's surprise and, after observing for a moment, placed this Space Stone into the groove of a stone pillar.

Originally, the Space Stone seemed slightly smaller than the groove, but after it was placed inside, the dark red stone pillar seemed to come alive; the notch actually contracted, firmly embedding the blue crystal.

Very quickly, some hidden Ancient Runes on the stone pillar began to flicker and appear, emitting a faint red light. After a few breaths, the entire stone pillar lit up, looking exceptionally clear and eye-catching among the dense forest of stone pillars on the entire Altar. At the same time, with this stone pillar as the center, some crisscrossing lines on the Altar also began to flicker, releasing streaks of faint light and shadow that traveled toward the direction of other stone pillars.

"Snap~"

More than ten zhang away, a piece of Space Stone remaining on another stone pillar, which was still relatively intact but only had a trace of pale green left, completely shattered and fell off.

Immediately following, accompanied by the flickering and flowing of light and shadows along the lines, faint crackling sounds began to ring out everywhere on the entire Altar. The Space Stones remaining on it seemed unable to withstand the energy aura released by this stone pillar, and they began to shatter one after another.

Xu Chen's Divine Sense was like a net, taking in all the changes on the entire Altar into his Sea of Consciousness.

Following the shattering of these crystals, the stone pillars that were still flickering with faint Ancient Rune light also dimmed completely.

However, not only was Xu Chen not panicked, but his expression became increasingly excited and pleasantly surprised.

If he had not guessed wrong, this was the method to activate this Teleportation Array.

It would only be necessary to install Space Stones onto the other stone pillars connected to the lines of this stone pillar, and this great Array might be able to be activated.

Thinking of this, Xu Chen shouted a voice transmission to True Monarch Guiling, who was fighting two Demon Beasts in the chaotic Void outside the Altar: "Senior, I think we have found a way to leave. I am preparing to try to activate the Array."

True Monarch Guiling was overjoyed and said: "Good, Daoist Friend Xu, feel free to try. I can still hold them off here for the time being!"

(End of this chapter)